Canadian Aboriginal Peoples
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Long Term Effects of Residential School
By: Annette Cyr
The residential school system forever change First Nation society through the introduction of foreign values which resulted in long term intergenerational effects. more...
Aboriginal Identity in Canada:
By: Annette Cyr
Section 35(2) of the Canadian Constitution 1982 defines Aboriginal people as Indian, Inuit and Metis. Each are a separate and distinct, with a unique culture and history. more...
Canadian Aboriginal Reserves in Crisis
By: Jody Graydon
Thousands of Aboriginal Canadians are living in poverty but little is being done to help this marginalized group. more...
Aboriginal Representation in the Media
By: Jody Graydon
Aboriginal self-representation in the media ensures more accurate portrayals of Aboriginal people. more...
Aboriginals Working in the Media
By: Jody Graydon
To correct media misrepesentation of Aboriginals there needs to be more Aboriginal journalists and editors. more...
By: Kim DeLeary
Corporal punishment, abuse and lessons in how to be servants and farmhands were not what Canadian Indians bargained for when they agreed to schools. more...
Ganiekeh and Iroquois Confederacy
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Sometimes a family can subvert aboriginal law for their own ends within the economy of the dominant culture. Kahentinetha Bear writes about the situation in Ganiekeh. more...
By: Julie Burtinshaw
From 1831 to 1996, there were 150 residential schools in operation in Canada -- their goal: "To kill the Indian in the child." They were unsuccessful. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
When it comes to Aboriginal rights, colonial governments need not adhere to their own laws, as you can see in the neo-colonial invasion of the Cree. more...
Indian Sexual Abuse Allegations
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Sexual harrassment and child molestation charges are part of a government strategy to attack Onkwehonwe men. Guestwriter Kahentinetha Horn explains. more...
Six Nations Claim Haldimand Tract
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
Guest writer Kahentinetha Horn, MNN Mohawk Nation News, keeps us up to date with the ongoing battle over native title on the Haldimand Tract. more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
"They will always be the colonists and they will always have to negotiate with us. And if they don't negotiate in good faith, there will always be trouble." more...
By: Tyson Yunkaporta
The Canadian native title and land rights treaty process is the most complicated on the planet. And the ultimate loophole - only dead cultures are allowed to survive... more...
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